Appendix A: Review of Necessary Mathematics
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Appendix A: Review of Necessary Mathematics
Except for the material that is marked
or
this text does not require that you have a strong
background in mathematics. In particular, it is not assumed th

Chapter 3: Dynamic Programming
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Chapter 3: Dynamic Programming
Overview
Recall that the number of terms computed by the divide -and-conquer algorithm for determining the nth
Fibonacci term (Algorithm 1.6) is exponential in n. The reason is tha

Chapter 1: Algorithms - Efficiency, Analysis, and Order
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Chapter 1: AlgorithmsEfficiency, Analysis,
and Order
This text is about techniques for solving problems using a computer. By "technique" we do not mean a
programming style or a programmi

Chapter 2: Divide-and-Conquer
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Chapter 2: Divide-and-Conquer
Overview
Our first approach to designing algorithms, divide-and-conquer, is patterned after the brilliant strategy
employed by the French emperor Napoleon in the Battle of Austerlitz

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computer we can run an instance of n = 5 in

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giVen as an adjacency matrix W. The value in the ill1 row and thejth column gives the
direct distance from vertex ito vertex j

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an adjacency matrix W. The value in the ith row and thejth column gives the direct distance from
vertex zto vertex j. For example, the distance from v3 to v5 is

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Consider the n-Queens Problem for n = 5; i.e., placing 5 queens on a 5 x 5
chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other along any row, column, or
diagonal. Assume, as in the textbook example of the 4-Queen

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The Sum of Subsets Problem is outlined on pp. 204-9 of the textbook in the context of a
Backtracking algorithm. Basically, given n positive integers and a positive integer W, the
goal is to find all subsets of the

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Chapter 5: Backtracking
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Chapter 5: Backtracking
If you were trying to find your way through the well-known maze of hedges by Hampton Court Palace in England, you
would have no choice but to follow a hopeless path until you reached a dead end.

Chapter 9: Computational Complexity and Interactability - An Introduction to the Theory . Page 1 of 38
Chapter 9: Computational Complexity and
InteractabilityAn Introduction to the Theory
of NP
Consider the following scenario based on a story in Garey and